Table 5
Effects of dietary energy and protein levels on blood profiles in growing · finishing pigs¹

Criteria	Treatments						SEM2	P-value
	ME 3,265	ME 3,365	CON	P4	P5	LP5		E	P	E × P
BUN, mg/dL
Initial	10.28	10.28	10.28	10.28	10.28	10.28	-	-	-	-
3 weeks	11.61	11.14	11.95	11.76	11.60	10.18	0.285	0.41	0.12	0.78
6 weeks	10.65	9.90	12.30A	10.10B	10.10B	8.60B	0.334	0.21	0.01	0.30
9 weeks	9.45	10.14	10.14	10.46	9.45	9.13	0.258	0.18	0.25	0.64
12 weeks	11.42	11.69	10.85	12.70	10.80	11.87	0.329	0.69	0.15	0.83
13 weeks	11.68	10.65	10.17	10.81	12.23	11.45	0.378	0.18	0.27	0.85
Creatinine, mg/dL
Initial	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
3 weeks	0.82	0.82	0.72	0.78	0.92	0.84	0.030	1.00	0.12	0.34
6 weeks	0.96	0.89	0.89	0.90	0.94	0.98	0.025	0.17	0.58	0.80
9 weeks	1.18	1.20	1.11	1.22	1.19	1.25	0.032	0.71	0.52	0.54
12 weeks	1.44	1.40	1.38	1.40	1.38	1.53	0.030	0.58	0.26	0.30
13 weeks	1.45a	1.32b	1.31	1.45	1.32	1.47	0.033	0.05	0.17	0.98